The Liquid Plain
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The Liquid Plain

By Naomi Wallace Directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah
July 2 – November 3, 2013

Plunging beneath the surface

On the docks of late 18th-century Rhode Island, two runaway slaves find love and a near-drowned man. With a motley band of sailors, they plan a desperate and daring run to freedom. As the mysteries of their identities come to light, painful truths about the past and present collide and flow into the next generation. Acclaimed playwright Naomi Wallace’s newest work brings to life a group of people whose stories have been lost in history. Told with lyricism and power, The Liquid Plain was commissioned through OSF’s American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle and is the winner of the 2012 Horton Foote Prize for Promising New American Play. (Contains strong profanity, explicit sexuality and vivid descriptions of the violence of the slave trade.) Development of The Liquid Plain supported in part by a grant from The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.
Suitability Suggestions
The Liquid Plain tells an emotionally and physically violent story about the cost of slavery on a young country. The play contains strong profanity, explicit sexuality and vivid descriptions of the violence of the slave trade. That said, it also has great educational and historical value. Told with lyricism and power, The Liquid Plain was commissioned through OSF’s American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle. It may be best suited for very mature teenagers who are well prepared for the possibility of partial nudity and the brutal nature of the story.

Trailer: The Liquid Plain

Creative Team

Cast

* Member of Actors' Equity Association (AEA)
**AEA Professional Theatre Intern

OSF thanks our show sponsors

  • PRODUCTION SPONSORS
  • Yogen and Peggy Dalal
  • The Goatie Foundation
  • Edgerton New Play Award Logo
  • The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
  • PRODUCTION PARTNERS
  • Sid and Karen DeBoer
  • The Kinsman Foundation
  • Michael and Leslie Schroeder

Our 2013 Season